Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-20

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her preferred; inability to set the tabl
will be considered sufficient cause TO
discharge. No extea pay on accoun
OF dime novel education
H.And that brought us Belle Sh
was so well supplied with mind @
her OWE that she never minded me
She spanked the baby before she ha,
been i'll the house twenty-four hour
becauseihe had tracked her clean foo
and she 2eft before asa0ther twenty
four had elapsed because objected
to her taking the rocking chair ant
sewing on fhe front veranda in tn
afternoon. She said if she was no
good enough 60 sit on the front veran
da, she was not good enough to worl
in my kitchen. and away she went
Like the cat in the nursery rhyme
Do you remember? / think that on,
of the most absurdly fascinating lit
| tie rhymes ever sung to delighted
baby:
! The old cat sat in the fodder stack,
making OF IL new night cap;
! She ripped she tore, she vowed, she swere
She swore she wouldn't sit there anymore.
And away she went. Well, whc
came next? Was it the Queen OF the
Carnival of Venice?"
She who held nightly receptions in
| the kitchen2 She who entertained hel
sisters and her cousins and her aunts
her uncles and her brothers and hen
| beaux, until the wee snna' hours? /.
was she; and when | obiected--tren
bllngly and hesitatingly objected to
so much loud hilarity to so late an
hour every night, she too folded her
tent like the Arab and stole away"
"And next?"
"Nancy came next. You remember
Nancy; her offence was Shakesperean;
it smelled to heaven! Ugh! wasn't
she a filthy creature?"
"Remember her? | should say
| did, Evelyn. You may break, you
may shatter the rose il you will, but
the scent OF that servant girl fingers
there still. But | believe she was
more tractable than her predecessors.
She listened to your suggestions and
endeavored to profit by them"
"Tractable? Yes, sne made tracks
very soon | believe, after | had sug-
gested to her the propriety OF being
a little neater in her dress, and dis
covered her sailing forth to church
the next evening, decked in my India
shawl and best bonnet"
Evelyn, fear you were unreason-
able VITA that girl. You nipped her
early Efforts at reform in the bud.
You crushed her young ambition.
She had listened gratefully to Your
suggestions about her dress, and she
strove earnestly to please you. A
less thoughtful or ambitious girl might
have selected your second best bonnet
and your common street Jacket to
wear. Not so Nancy. Anxious to
prove to you her earnest effort at re-
form, she made choice of the best
garments your wardrobe afforded,
aud yet you were dissatisfied with
her. | do not wonder she went away. +"
Nor !, John. | never wondered a
minute over that girls departure. 1t
seems to me the most natural occur
renee in the world"
Dinner is served.
1t was low, sweet voice that made
the announcement, and bright, hand
some, youthful face beamed upon us
for momenG at the doorway, and
then vanished. 1t was the voice and
face OF Mollie, our treasure.
We went out to the dining room to
find an eXquisitely arranged table,
every detail perfect. and dinner which
would have done credit to French
cook
Now, isn't this deIightful?" cried
Evelyn, "and Mollie has done it ill
herself; | never went into the Kitchen
once to-day. She says if give her an
idea OF the style OF dinner we want, it
is ali she requires"
And she is on time, too" ! said,
looking at my watch. THAT is q
startling virtue in itself"
81 tell you she is a treasure, conn;
she IS so young too, not over twenty,
! think"
But | am afraid she will soon have
a host OF followers. She is almost
too pretty, 1t must be that ghast.
ly fault turks somewhere about her.
If she does not disclose one soon
shall fear death is abont to clutch me,
and this is the hour OF respite grant.
ed me before | die. No doubt the
trouble will come through her follow
ers. :"
ooh, no. that is all arranged now.
She is engaged to young fellow about
her own age; the grocer's clerk, | be-
lieve he IS. He comes here twice each
week in the evening and stays till ten
Q o'clock. That is all the company she
has save her sister and an aunt, who
have called twice since she came"
well, if she is engaged, then she'll
be getting married and leaving us to
the mercies OF the cold and cruel world
again"
ooh, no, not for two or three years
at least, she says. She talked to me
very frankly and sweetly about it;
told me thisyoung man was her lover,
and the only follower she had. do
not like his face, he is not her equal,
| am sure. He seems like common
sort OF fellow, but she is evidently ve4y
fond OF him, and | am sure | would
lar rather she should see one lover
twice IL week than have q variety com
ing here at all times"
As the days wore on our treasure
developed new and admirable quail
ties; she won the baby's heart COM
pletely so that he was perfectly con-
tent to be with her Tor hours at IL
time
She was a model OF neatnees, and so
pretty and bright in her fresh. quaint
little cap, that all our visitors imme-
dlately expressed admiration for
our domestic, Then she was always